The expert versus the object : judging fakes and false attributions in the visual arts /
The authenticity of visual art has always commanded the attention of experts, dealers, collectors, and the art-minded public. Is it "real" or "original" is a way of asking what am I buying? What do I own? What am I looking at? And today more sophisticated questions are being aske...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2004.
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| Accés en línia: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=138156 |
| Sumari: | The authenticity of visual art has always commanded the attention of experts, dealers, collectors, and the art-minded public. Is it "real" or "original" is a way of asking what am I buying? What do I own? What am I looking at? And today more sophisticated questions are being asked: How is authenticity determined and what weight does this determination have in court? This book of essays proposes to answer those questions. Three lines of inquiry are basic to determining authenticity: a connoisseur's evaluation, historical documentation or provenance, and scientific testing. A |
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| Descripció física: | 1 online resource (xviii, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1423720067 9781423720065 9780195147353 0195147359 0195349032 9780195349030 1280532157 9781280532153 9786610532155 661053215X |